Gestational Weight Gain and the Electronic Medical Record

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Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Weight Gain

In brief

Less than one third of pregnant women actually achieve the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) recommended weight gain. To date, there are no randomized controlled trials studying the use of the electronic medical record to alert providers to initiate the counseling of patients on the IOM gestational weight gain recommendations. In the investigator's planned study intervention, using the EPIC EMR system, an electronic alert (Best Practice Advisory) will appear for providers at each prenatal care visit. This alert will remind providers to counsel patients on the recommendations for gestational weight gain. The control group will receive standard prenatal care, without electronic alerts generated regarding BMI and gestational weight gain. The investigators hypothesize that a higher percentage of patients who receive the intervention will meet the IOM guidelines for weight gain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01987141

Run by

Loyola University

People needed

150

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant with a single intrauterine gestation
• Present for new OB visit up to 13 weeks and 6 days gestation

You may not qualify if…

• They have a multiple gestation pregnancy
• They are under the age of 18
• They do not speak English

Where it is running

• Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, Illinois, United States

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